Chapter 315: Dragon Boat Festival
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"It's Jiaxing who is here, sit in the house quickly." Lian Shouxin's laughter came from outside, "Child, mother, the family is here." ”
Zhang's face was immediately full of smiles, and while agreeing, he went out to greet him.
Lian Man'er glanced at Lian Zhi'er, and saw that she was standing there shyly, and she didn't know whether it was better to go out with her, or to stand here, or to avoid it, so she pursed her lips and smiled.
After laughing, Lian Man'er took Lian Zhi'er's hand, followed behind Zhang's, and also greeted him.
Wu Jiaxing was wearing a summer cloth and stood there with a big bag and a small bag in his hand, waiting to smile at Zhang and Lian Shouxin.
Lian Man'er hurriedly stepped forward to help Wu Jiaxing get things, and everyone laughed and let him into the house to arrange tea and fruits. The future uncle who has decided to marry enters the door, Chapter 315 Dragon Boat Festival Zhang and Lian Shouxin are all smiling, and the ones they take out to entertain are naturally the best things in the family.
Wu Jiaxing is here to send the Dragon Boat Festival.
Zhuangjia pays attention to three festivals. Now that the Lian family and the Wu family are serious relatives, this number of rites is naturally indispensable.
Speaking of which, some villagers, either in order to save money, or have limited conditions at home, hope to get married immediately after the marriage, because then they can marry their daughter-in-law as soon as possible, add a labor force to the family, and spread out early, and at the same time, they also save the three festivals before they get married.
Of course, the Wu family is not that kind of family, and the gifts sent by Wu Jiaxing are very rich.
The two summer cloths are both worsted with the finest cotton yarn, which is fine and cool to wear, and the colors and huā are also bright and vulgar. It was Wu Jiaxing and Wu Yugui who went to the county seat to buy it back, and the price was not cheaper than ordinary silk, and it was said that it was still the most fashionable clothing in the county and Fucheng this year. Because of the tight supply, the cloth store in Qingyang Town has not yet stocked.
Then there is a bag of ten catties of high-quality Jiang rice, a piece of pork that is enough for ten catties, and two jars of good apricot huā village wine.
"Practical and decent. It's really hard work. Jiaxing is a thoughtful person. Chapter 315 Dragon Boat Festival" Behind the scenes, Zhang and Lian Man'er exclaimed in a low voice.
Lian Shouxin was talking to Wu Jiaxing in the house, and Zhang took Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er to prepare a meal. Wu Jiaxing came to give gifts, and the Lian family naturally wanted to keep him for dinner.
A little bit of work. Wulang and Xiaoqi came back from the private school, and they also entered the house to greet Wu Jiaxing.
"Please come early, Mr. Lu." Zhang said to Goro.
Gorou went to invite Mr. Lu, and while Zhang was cooking, he discussed with Lian Zhi'er.
"Zhi'er,...... Why don't you make a pair of shoes for Jiaxing? ”
Lian Zhi'er was busy picking fungus, and his face turned red again after listening to Zhang's words. But there was no answer.
Zhang beckoned Xiao Qi to come out.
"Go and measure how big your brother's feet are, so that your sister can make shoes for him."
When Xiao Qi heard this, he ran into the back room in a hurry, and then Xiao Qi's loud voice came from the house.
"Brother Jiaxing, ask me how big your feet are, and my sister will make shoes for you."
Wu Jiaxing in the house made a big red face. Lian Zhi'er, who was busy in the outhouse, naturally turned even redder. Xiao Qi said that, Wu Jiaxing is likely to misunderstand, this is what Lian Zhi'er asked Xiao Qi to pass on.
"This troublemaker." Zhang couldn't cry or laugh.
Wu Jiaxing blushed and blushed. But very cooperatively, or on the initiative, on a piece of paper that Xiao Qi found, compared with his own shoes. I drew a rough picture of the shoe. Of course, the shape of the shoe could not be used to make shoes, but it accurately drew the size of the shoes he was wearing.
After the painting was finished, Wu Jiaxing also came out with Xiao Qi and handed them over in person.
“…… The painting is not good, it should be from here to here, so big is enough. Wu Jiaxing said compared to his shoes.
There are three people busy working in the outhouse, Zhang, Lian Zhi'er and Lian Man'er.
Wu Jiaxing didn't like to hand the shoes directly to Lian Zhi'er, so he handed them to Zhang.
Lian Man'er twisted her face and snickered, thinking, Wu Jiaxing is not stupid.
Zhang didn't take the shoes handed by Wu Jiaxing. Motioned for her to dip her hands. Wu Jiaxing "had no choice" to hand the shoes to Lian Zhi'er.
Lian Zhi'er blushed and refused to answer, she greeted Lian Man'er.
"Man'er."
In this era, men and women are paid attention to, and although the Zhuang family does not have the dead rules of those mansions, they are also very particular about this. Therefore, small light bulbs like Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi. Not only is it not an eyesore, but it is very necessary.
"Oops, I'd like to have another pair of shoes, too." Lian Man'er said deliberately.
Even Man'er took advantage of the fire to rob, and no one could do anything about her.
Under Lian Zhi'er's slightly disgusted and slightly pleading eyes, Lian Man'er smiled and reached out to take the shoe in Wu Jiaxing's hand.
Don't worry, don't worry, when she hands over the shoes to Lian Zhi'er, she will finalize the huā pattern and materials of her shoes.
The evening was very rich, and Mr. Lu was invited to come over as a guest. After eating, Wu Jiaxing was sent away, and Lian Shouxin looked very happy.
“…… Jiaxing, this child, is a successful person in his heart. We will have something to rely on in the future. ”
After cleaning up, the family was busy again. Lian Man'er was responsible for slicing the ten catties of pork sent by Wu Jiaxing. In the current weather, there are no preservation measures such as refrigerators, and fresh meat cannot be stored for a long time. However, cut the meat into slices, pour it into a large iron pot and boil it slightly, add some salt, and then put the meat slices in a jar with the boiled oil, so that it can be stored for a few days.
Zhang and Lian Shouxin began to prepare a large wooden basin, bring water, and put rhubarb rice and jiang rice into it to soak.
"We bought ten catties of Jiang rice at home, and Jiaxing sent another ten catties of ......" Zhang discussed with Lian Shouxin while working, "I ordered a few catties of more Jiang rice in the grain store." It's a holiday, and we won't be able to leave this shop for a while, and I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to her grandma and grandpa. I thought, or let's bring a few catties of Jiang rice over. ”
"Okay" even promised to be very happy, and the Zhang family treated them with sincerity and helped them a lot. "It's up to you, let's let people carry a few more pounds. Over the years, his grandmother and grandfather haven't seen anything from us. ”
"Ten pounds, then." Zhang thought about it and said. Ten catties of river rice, in the dealings of the Zhuang family, is a relatively heavy gift. "Then his grandfather and his grandmother, let's send ...... too"
"Mother." Lian Man'er heard it next to him, so he said loudly, "Let's wrap the zongzi and send them to my grandfather and my grandmother." We are close, my grandfather and my grandmother eat the food we make, and my grandma and grandfather are far away, so we can only send rice. ”
"That's ...... All right? Zhang looked at Lian Man'er, and then at Lian Shouxindao.
"Mother, this is different between us and my grandma and grandpa, and between us and my grandma and my grandmother." Lian Man'er thought about it and counted.
Between them and Zhang's mother's family, in addition to filial piety to the elderly, there are also courtesy exchanges between relatives. In the past, the Zhang family sent more, but they sent less. The Zhang family helped them a lot.
And they, together with the old man and the Zhou family, are filial piety to the elderly. After the separation, only they sent it over, and there was no one who came back.
These are okay and don't need to be taken into account, but now, there is a gap between the rich and the poor between them and Shangfang. Old Man Lian and Zhou's family still live together as a family, and between them and Old Man Lian and Zhou's family, they can't do simple father-son filial piety. Considering the temper and temperament of the Lian family, they need to think more before they do things.
Filial piety is fine, but it has to come little by little, and it can't whet some people's appetite all at once. Besides, what the Zhou family did on the day of Lian Zhi'er's marriage is not so easy to forget. They should also take action to make their position clear.
It's just that if that's the case, it's still not good to say it directly with Lian Shouxin.
"Father, mother, isn't there a saying that you follow the customs, let's follow the practices of other people in our village. In this way, others can't tell us what we are. Otherwise, we will send good things over, and we will have to be scolded, and we will pick out that many of us are not coming. Lian Man'er said, "My father feels sorry for my grandfather and my grandmother, so what delicious food do we usually make, we will invite the old man to eat." We live close, and this usually little by little, no more than the New Year's festival for my grandma and my grandfather! ”
"It's this ceremony." Zhang nodded when he heard this, "In my heart, I'm actually quite afraid of dealing with these people in the upper room, no matter what we do, there is always something to say." No one is happy in their hearts, and there is no one like this for many years. ”
"That's fine." Lian Shouxin thought about it and nodded.
The next day, the rhubarb rice and Jiang rice were soaked, and Zhang threw away the dried dates with water, and put the dumpling leaves and sun-dried Malan leaves into a large pot and scalded them with warm water for later use. This year, they made zongzi and prepared several kinds of fillings.
One is to put only rice, and nothing else, that is, white brown. The second is to add red dates, sweet zongzi. The third is to add salted egg yolk, they rushed to the market that day to buy some salted duck eggs, just to use the egg yolk to wrap zongzi. The fourth type is fresh meat dumplings.
The white brown of rhubarb rice and Jiang rice, as well as the sweet rice dumplings with red dates, are the largest. The others, however, are not very well prepared. Because the price of these kinds is relatively expensive, except for some of them who plan to sell them in the shop, the rest is for them to eat by themselves, plus gifts.
To wrap so many zongzi, of course they themselves can't be busy, Zhao and Lian Ye'er automatically came over to help, the daughter-in-law who was doing chores in the shop also came, and the Zhang family also found Chunzhu's daughter-in-law, plus the three of them, each of them is neat and tidy, but they can also be busy.
Later, Jiang Shi also came with Niuniu in her arms, she asked Niuniu to play by herself, and also sat down to help make zongzi.
Jiang's cooking is still very particular, she is fast with her hands and feet, and the dumplings she wraps are also handsome. Jiang was able to come to help, and Zhang was very happy.
The first batch of zongzi was cooked, and Zhang and Lian Man'er began to arrange gifts!!